Ecclesiastes 4:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.

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  • Isa 9:20 : 20 And he will snatch on the right hand and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand and not be satisfied; they will eat every man the flesh of his own arm.
  • Prov 6:10-11 : 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall your poverty come upon you like a traveler, and your need like an armed man.
  • Prov 11:17 : 17 The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
  • Prov 12:27 : 27 The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, but diligence is a man's precious possession.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 The sluggard will not plow because of the cold; therefore he shall beg during harvest, and have nothing.
  • Prov 24:33-34 : 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. 34 So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
  • Job 13:14 : 14 Why do I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand?

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  • Eccl 4:6
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    6Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 19:24
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    24A slothful man hides his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 26:15
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    15The lazy man hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it back to his mouth.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may express itself.

  • Eccl 4:4
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    4Again, I considered all the toil and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 30:22
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    22For a servant when he reigns, and a fool when he is filled with food;

  • Eccl 10:2-3
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    2A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

    3Yes, also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 26:4-6
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    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

    6He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet, and drinks in damage.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

  • Eccl 10:12-15
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    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

    13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

    14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

    15The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he does not know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 21:25
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    25The desire of the slothful kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

  • Eccl 6:7-8
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    72%

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.

    8For what has the wise more than the fool? what does the poor have, who knows to walk before the living?

  • Isa 9:20
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    20And he will snatch on the right hand and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand and not be satisfied; they will eat every man the flesh of his own arm.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

  • Prov 5:11
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    11And you mourn at the last, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Eccl 7:6
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    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.

  • Prov 12:15
    71%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • Prov 17:16
    71%

    16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

  • Prov 19:15
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    15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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    25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

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    23A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

  • Prov 26:9-11
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    9Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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    11As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

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    17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

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    32If you have acted foolishly in exalting yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand on your mouth.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Isa 44:20
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  • Job 5:2
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    2For anger kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple one.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.

  • Eccl 2:15
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    15So I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me. And why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart, "This also is vanity."

  • Prov 24:33
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    33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Eccl 5:17
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    17All his days he also eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

  • Prov 14:16
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    16A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.